Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-59029

Title: Crafted DNS records trigger assertion failure

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-59029.

CWE Category CWE-617

Published Date Dec 09, 2025

Modified Date Feb 19, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.3 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.34%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-59029: An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

Impacted Vendors

powerdns 1

Reference Links

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2025-07.html

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-59029 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

February 19, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

February 19, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

December 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 09, 2025 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.